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Citizen resistance keeps Malaysia rare earths plant on hold
By Mineweb · May 9, 2012 · 8:50 am · Leave a Comment
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By Siva Sithraputhran
The expensive machinery lies silent, idling as Malaysia’s government weighs a delicate decision to allow shipments of raw material to arrive from Australia and finally start operations at the world’s largest rare earths plant outside China.
At the industrial estate on the country’s east coast, 20 or so protesters gathered in the searing afternoon heat have begun a chant. “No to Lynas. Lynas go home!”.
